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Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning 131 I or I131: iodine-131 (aka radioactive iodine or radioiodine) : IA: intra-arterial. intra-articular. IAA: insulin autoantibody IABP: intra-aortic balloon pump
Latin medical words and phrases (22 P) ... Lists of medical eponyms (10 P) O. Obsolete medical terms (1 C, 111 P) P. Pharmaceutical terminology (1 C, 2 P) S. Medical ...
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it. Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine .
The term geriatrics comes from the Greek γέρων geron meaning "old man", and ιατρός iatros meaning "healer". However, geriatrics is sometimes called medical gerontology. Gonad – A gonad, sex gland, or reproductive gland [193] is a mixed gland that produces the gametes (sex cells) and sex hormones of an organism.
3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA: HMGR: 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase: H-mole: hydatidiform mole HMS: hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly: HMSN: hereditary motor sensory neuropathy HN: hemagglutinin-neuraminidase HND: hemolytic disease of the newborn: HNP: spinal disk herniation or herniated disk, that is, herniated nucleus pulposus ...